transducer

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

transducer
    n 1: an electrical device that converts one form of energy into
         another

from The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (8 July 2008)

transducer

   1. A device for converting sound, temperature, pressure, light
   or other signals to or from an electronic signal.

   2. {Finite State Machine}.

   (1995-02-15)